Cabinet talking-machine.



' H. C. MILLER.

CABINET TALKING MACHINE. 1

APPLICATION FILED OCT.29, 190B. RENEWEDDEC. 2I, I916; 1,234,555 Patented July 24,1917.

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CABINET TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 001.29. 1998. RENEWED DEC. 21. 1916.

1,234,555 Patented July 24, 1917 2 SHEETSSHEET 2- Q 0 zZZe-r 1 tuna u Q W% //Mw' I I -l t it HENRY C. MILLER, OF WATERFORD, MACHINE COMPANY, A

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TOVICTOR TALKING CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CABIN ET TALKING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July as, raw.

Application filed October 29, 1908, Serial No. 460,066. Renewed December 21, 1916. Serial No. 138,285.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that HENRY C. MILLER, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Waterford, in the county of Sarat'oga and State of New .York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinet Talkinghlachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cabinet talking machines of the type. in which .the amplifying horn is inclosed within the cabinet.'. According to mypresent invention I provide a downwardly extending sound amplifier, and cooperating. therewith, a series of tone sympathizers or resonators, some of which arelocated in the cabinet below the plane of the end ofthe amplifier and others of which'are located above said plane.

'lection.

In someof the sound reproducing ma chines as at present constructed, it sometimes occurs that the amplifier or horn, in addition tomagnifying and amplifying all the soundsand tones passing therethrough, also acts as a resonator for some one or more of the tones amplified by it, to the exclusion of'o-ther tones or overtones of the scale. The result. of this is that when during the reproduction of a selection, certain tones occur, those tones are given an undue amplification over that given to the other tones of the se- This result is objectionable beause in reproducing agiven selection, a relatively unimportant tone of the selection is liable to be given undue prominence, vol.- ume, emphasis, or amplification,- whenever that note or tone occurs, thereby making the reproduction different in, character from the rendition ofthe original selection from which the'record is made.

One object of my invention is to provide a series of tone" sympathizers. .Or- .liGiSOnat-ors which, cooperating with horn, will respeetivelyyibrate in-"sympathy with or respondto substantially every tone and overtone in the 'musical' scale, giving to each note or *tone offa which is being reproduced, the ,proper amount of amplification and thereby ren-r thereby deringthe reproduction or-reproduced sound more nearly balanced and more-nearly like the original tion.

rendition of the recorded selec- Y Another of the objects of my invention is to provide means for difi'using the sound in selection all directions and with. all. the overtones properly magnified, augmentedor amplified in order to produce a more perfect reproduction of the recorded selection.

In carrying out my invention substantial results are obtained along the lines above indicated, by arranging. or providing a sound chamber or sound passage with a series of hollow tubular sound sympathetic or resonating devices into which the sound enters as it comes from the amplifier and from' which it is given back or returned properly augmented, into the sound chamber or sound passage. The various sounds, tones and overtones of a given selection being reproduced, are substantiallypicked up by those pockets, tubes, or resonators which vibrate respectively in sympathy with said sounds and enrich the character of the reproduction, such enriched sounds passing from the chamber or passage to the atmosphere through appropriate openings in said chamber or passage.

Other and further objects and purposes of my invention will appear in the specification and claims below. .4

In the drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which the same parts are designated by the same reference characters, throughout the various views, Figure l is a front elevational view of my invention, as applied particularly to a sound reproducing machine; Fig. 2 is a section taken to that of Fig. 3, a modified fofm' of my invention; and F igs. 6, 7 tilllS- of construction.

In the construction illustrated in the drawings, a cabinet'l comprising a front 2, a re ar 3 and sidesH, is provided with a top- 5, or partition formedwith an opening 6., The bottom 7 is closed. The front 2,.the rear 3, and-the'sides respectively with an and 8 illustrate deopening8 for the exit of sound, and saidppenings may be pro vided with deflectors andmay coarse mesh fabric'o'r material on the bottom 7,- and with its lower end closed,'is a'substantially, conical tubular horn 10, preferably having flaring side walls, and adjacent thereto Within the cabinet or chamber are similar smaller horns 11 also be covered by 9. Supported 4.-4 are each provided t a. M 1

The hor'ns or tubes 10 and 11 are Preferably substantially vertically disposed with their flaring open ends extending substantially in the direction of the discharging end of the amplifier, as will hereinafter appear. EX- tending from the sides 4- 1 are other horns 1212 extending inwardly toward the dis charging end of the amplifier or amplifying horn, said .horns 12-12 being preferably provided withflaring side Walls; having their enla-r ed open ends just above the niouth of t e born 10; and. having their smaller ends suitably stopped or closed. I may employ other horns similar to those just above described to extend similarly in-- wardly from the front 2 and rear 3.

Just below the top or partition 5 and 1nside of the cabinet 1 are arranged a series of resonators comprising pockets or tubes closed at one endand' opened at the other, One series or sets of resonators or pockets 13 may be horizontally or transverselydisposed within the main casing or cabinet 1 and the other set or series 13 may be substan-' tially vertically disposed. -These/pockets, tubes or resonators 13 13" are preferably of different lengths and of different capacities. There are provided a suflicient number of these resonators to strengthen by sympa; thetic' vibration substantially all of the tones and overtones that come from the amplifying horn..

Adjacent the openings in the walls of the cabinetv 1, there maybe provided deflectors 16, for the purpose of deflecting the sound through the openings 8 to the room or outside atmosphere.

Mounted in the interior of'the cabinet 1 is a motor 17 inclosed andcut off from theinterior chamber or .passage in the cabinet by a casing or partition 18. The shaft 20.

receiving a disk sound record. A sound-' conveyer 22"-is.slidably mounted on the top 5 and carries the sound conveyer 22f fits and slidesin the end of a sound amplifier 23, which is curved horizontally at 24 and tl1en .substant1ally' vertically at 25 and leads'into the. sound chamber or passage 26. The free end of the sound amplifier23 is preferably flared or hell shaped and discharges and directs the sound issuing therefrom downwardly to-- ward the flared opened ends of the tubes or horns '10, 11 and 12 below-the same;- e amplifying horn 23 passes through an:'opening 6 in'the' top 5, said opening being coiisiderably larger than. the diameter of. the

amplifier, where the same passes throughit,

and serving as an exit for sound from the.

chamber or passage 26. Above the top or partition 5 isa superstructure 27 designed a Sound box 22. Theend .Ofi-i 'to'add beauty to the cabinet and also serV Instead of employing the usual sound box ing as a sound deflector. A deflector 28 is 22, I may use a receiver 29 electricallyconnected by wires 30 with a central station.

The sound chamber or passage 26 is preferably provided with a lining 39 of corrugated'formation and spaced from the walls of the cabinet providing thereby a resonating chamber or space between said lining. 39 and the walls of the cabinet.

Inoperation the sound fromthe repro- .ducer-is received by the amplifier and is amplified thereby. From'the amplifier and by it the sound-is directed downwardly into the sound chamber or passage 26. J The sound thus deliveredfrom the reproducer or sound box, through the entire passage comprising the amplifier and the chamber 26 and entering said chamber26 and the resonators comprising horns, tubes and pockets, above described, sets-into vibration one or more of the sound resonators or tone sympathizers... communication *with the said passager ertairr tones-delivered to the'passage will cause a sympathetic vibration to be set up in a sympathi-Zer of that particular size .or capacity which corresponds thereto. Other tones will be received by other tubes orres'onators or sympathizers corresponding to those other tones. The series of sympathizers within or in communication with the chamber 26 ispreferably made large enough and sufficient in number to provide a resonator for allthe' tones and overtones oii any selection that may be reproduced on'the machine.v There resonator for all the'tones and overtones of the musical. scale. In this manner the tones and? overtones of a selection being repro "d'uced'may' be all augmented or amplified and each tone and overtone will be given its proper amplification, and the resultant sound with .the overtone properly brought 'out by theftonesympathizers may be discharged fromthe interior chamber or passage 26, through theopenin'gsQ'in the walls thereof, to the outside ."atn'uosphere. The reproduced sound also passes through the opening 6 i'n'the top 5 andsu'rrounding the downturneid-portion of the amplifier, and the sound thus issuing to the opening 6 .may be deflected outwardly by the def flector'28. By employing the various sympathetic devices or. resonators, the various tones 'will'each find a corresjjaonding sympashould be respectively a tone sympathizer or thetic sound augmentor or; amplifier, which serves to increase or rnagnify those sounds. These sound sympatheticdevices comprising horns, pockets or tubes; all preferably closed at one end,- are preferably of various shapes or sizes, an essentifl feature of the inven-' tion being the making of these various tone sympathizers of different capacities.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8, are shown a sound box and details of construction thereof, saidsound box being well adapted for the sound reproducing machine, above described. The stylus lever 35 extends from the center of the diaphragm of the sound box/to the cross bar 36 and the said bar 36 is secured to the sound box casing by spring fulcrum members 37.

While I have described my invention as applied to the balancing and enriching of the various tones and overtones which may be present in any selectionwhich is to be reproduced from a talking machine record and have", described the invention as embodied in a talking machine or sound reproducing machine, I do not wish to be construed as having limited my invention solely to the art of reproducing sound, as the invention is applicable to the art of sound recording. In applying the invention toa sound recorder the various sound sympathetic devices, horns, tubes, or resonators in the passage leading to the sound box vibrate in the same manner in sympathy respec-' tively, with the various tones or overtones chamber or passage and entering the sound add their effect to the resultant tone or tones impressed upon the diaphragm.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is y 1. Ina machine for reproducing sound "ibrations, the combination of a cabinet providing a substantially inclosed space having communication with the outside atmosphere througl an opening in a wall thereof, an

- amplifying horn extending into said space,

sound reproducing means exterior to said space and arranged for delivering sound waves into the small end of the amplifying horn, and a plurality of resonators of differ ent capacities closed at one end and open at the other arranged within said space and proportioned so as to strengthen the harmonics or overtones of the respective primary tones produced by means. Y

2. In a machine for reproducing sound, the combination of a. cabinet providing a substantially inclosed space having communication with v the --"outside atmosphere through an opening in a wall thereof, an

" amplifying horn extending into said space,

- horn, and a'plurality of resonators sound reproducing space and arranged for delivering sound waves into the small end of the amplifying of different capacities closed at one end at the other arranged within said space,-said resonators being in suflicient numbers, and

by the reproducing means.-

said reproducing means exterior to said and open proportioned so as to strengthen the respective primary tones and also the harmonics or overtones ofsaid respective primary tones produced by the reproducing means.

3. Ina machine for reproducing sound, the combination of a cabinet providing a substantially inclosed space having communication with the outside atmosphere through anopening in a wall thereof, an amplifying horn extending into said space, sound reproducing means exterior to said space and arranged for delivering sound waves into the small end of the amplifying horn, and a plurality of resonators of different capacities closed at one end and open at the other arranged within said space, said resonators being of sufiicient numbers and proportionate capacity to produce the harmonics or overtones of the respective primarytones produced by the reproducing means and also strengthen the overtones of the respective primary tones as reproduced In a machine for reproducing sound vibrations, the combination of a cabinet providing a substantially inclosed space having communication with the outside atmosphere through an opening in a wall thereof, an amplifying horn extending into said space, sound reproducing means exterior to said space and arranged for delivering sound Waves into the small end of the amplifying horn, and a plurality of resonators of different capacities closed at one end and open at the other arranged within said space, said resonators formed with flaring side walls to strengthen the respective amplified sounds produced by the reproducing means and-the amplifying horn.

5. In a machine for reproducing sound vibrations, the combination ofa cabinet providing a substantially inclosed space having communication with the outside atmosphere through an opening in a wall thereof, an

amplifying horn extending into said space,

- flaring side walls and other portions of said resonators being 'formed with substantial parallel side walls whereby all the reproduced primary and overtones produced by said reproducing means and amplifying horn are strengthened and magnified.

. 6. 'In a talking machine, the combination of a cabinet providing a substantially inclosed chamber having an opening through a Wall thereof into the outside atmosphere, reproducing means outside of said chamber, 'a tubular passage leading from the-reproduci-ng means and opening into said chamber, and a plurality of resonators. of different capacities to strengthen the primary tones and the harmomcs or overtones reproducedby said reproducing means and delivered into said chamber, said resonators comprising separate chambers of diiferent lengths and closed at one end, the length of said resonator chambers being proportioned to the requirements of the reproduced primary and harmonics or overtones of the musical scale.

7.In a machine for reproducing sound vibrations, the combination-of a rotatable turntable, asound box having a diaphragm and stylus attached thereto, a sound conveying passage open to the atmosphere at, one end by a relatively large opening and leading to the sound box by a tapered passage portion having its small end closed by the diaphragm, and a plurality of resonator chambers of different depths and capacities, said resonators closed at one end and opening at the other into the sound conveying passage, the number and capacities of said "resonator chambers being respectively proportioned to the requirements of the primary tones and also of the overtones of the musical scale, whereby said primary tones are strengthened while passing through the sound conveying-passage.

8. In combination, a cabinet formed with an outlet, means for reproducing sound, a sound conveyer cooperating therewith and clirectingithe sound 'into the cabinet, tone of the amplifie'r'b'eing inclosed within the cabinet below the top thereof, means inclosed within the cabinet below the top and below the plane of the outlet opening and adjacent the-open end of the amplifier for eausing sympatheticsound, the said lattermeans being'independent of and sepa rated from said amplifier, and a resonator conforming substantially to the interior of the cabinet.

10. In combination, a cabinet formed with a;

aninlet and an outlet opening, a-corrugated resonator conforming substantially to the inner. walls of the cabinet, reproducing-- means, a sound" conveyer communicating with the reproducing means andextendm through the inlet opening, the open end 0 the conveyer projecting withinthe corral-- gated resonator, and hollow tone sympae thizers inthe cabinet and spaced from the open end of the sound conveyer.

11. In combination, a cabinet formed with a sound exit opening, a reproducer, an amplifier communicating with the reproducer with an opening for the exit of sound, a cor- I rugated bottom endwall inside the cabinet, a reproducer, and an amplifier communicating with the reproducer and leading into the cabinet.

13. I11' combination,a cabinet having on its inside a corrugated lining spaced from the walls thereof, and formed'with sound exit openings, a reproducer, an" amplifier communicating with the reproducer and leading into the cabinet, and a resonator Within thecabinet. l

14 In combination, a cabinet formed with an opening' and having corrugated inside surfaces, a reproducer and an amplifier leading into said cabinet, and tone sympathizers inside of said cabinet.

15. In combinatioma cabinet formed with sound inlet and outlet openings and provided on the inside with a corrugated sur-' face, a deflector in alinement with one of said openings, a sound reproducing machine including an amplifierand reproducer, the amplifier extendingthrough one of the openings and into the cabinet, and tone sympathizers within thecabinet. Y

16. In combination, a cabinet formed with sound inlet'and outlet openings, a corrugated surface inside the cabinet and parallelv with the walls thereof, tone sympathizers located at difierent' points in the cabinet, and a sound reproducing machine including a reproducer and amplifier, the amplifier extending within the cabinet.

17 In combination, a cabinet'formed with i sound inlet and outlet openings, a corru-.

gated surface-in the cabinet and spaced from the walls thereof, a plurality of tone sympathizers in the cabinet, a plurality of minor tubes of varying lengths arranged in the cabinet, and a reproducingmachine including a reproducer and amplifier, the reproducer being outside the'cabinet and the free end of the amplifier extending within the f cabinet.

18, In combination, a cabinet formed with sound-[inlet and outlet openings, a cor'rugrate'd portion inside the cabinet and spaced cm" the walls thereof, sound reproducing mechanism, .and an amplifier connected to said'sound reproducing mechanism and extending within the cabinet, the corrugated portion cooperatingwith the amplifier.

.19. In combination, a cabinet formed with Walls thereof to sound reproducing sound reproducing mechanism and in communlcation With the sound inlet opening in the cabinet,,and allining conforming to the 2 inside of the cabinet and spaced from the Walls thereof toformia resonator 20. In combination, a capinetformed With sound'inlet and outlet openings, sound reproducing mechanism including areproducer, a 'sound 'convey'er connected to the sound reproducing mechanism and inFcommunication With the sound-inlet opening in the cabinet, and a lining conforming to the inside of the cabinet and spaced from the form a resonator, said linlng'having projecting portions.

21. In combination,

ducer, a sound'conveyer connected to the mechanism and :com-

municating with the sound inlet opening in the cabinet conforming-to the inside and .a corrugated resonator in the cabinet-thereof.

22. In combination, a cabinet formed With Within. and adjacent the municat'ing with means and ,projectlng' into the hollow resoQ nator.

.- gated lining ithin and adjacent the Walls of the cabinet, 'said corrugated liningconsti- I tuting a hollowresonator, the cabinet and a cabinet formed With sound inlet and outlet openings,'s0und.reproducing mechanism including a reproduc ngmeans,.and an amplifier communicatingjwith the sound reproducing means and projecting intothe hollowresonator. I

j 'In'testimony wh'ereofI affix my signature presence of two itnesses.

I v a Witnesses: V inlet and outlet openings and provided on itsinsi'de with a corrugated resonator c'orrethe Walls of said cabinet, sound so reproducing means,\and an amplifier communicatin'g With the sound reproducing means and projecting 'Within'th'e corrugated resonator. g 23. In combination,

sponding to afcabinet, a lining at Walls of the cabinet, said lining constituting a hollow resonator, the cabinet and the lining having registering openings for the exit of sound, sound and an amplifier com-.

reproducing means,v

the sound reproduclng 24." In combination, a 'cabinet a corruthe corrugated lining having registering openlngs for theeXIt of sound, sound repro- HENRY TGQMILLER.

WM; F. PALMER, GEO; MULHERN. 

